6 Films & TV Shows Set In Indonesia During The 19th Century

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  Max Havelaar

  🇮🇩 Indonesia The 19th Century

  An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him realize just how out of touch he really is, and it doesn't take long for things to go from bad to worse.

  Released in 1976 • 170 minutes
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  Prophecies of Nostradamus

  🇯🇵 Japan 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea The 1990s The 1830s

  Catastrophe 1999 — Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.

  Released in 1974 • 114 minutes
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  Krakatoa, East of Java

  🇮🇩 Indonesia The 1880s

  A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883 Krakatoa Volcano eruption provides more pressing problems.

  Released in 1968 • 131 minutes
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  Laughing Anne

  🇮🇩 Indonesia The 1900s The 1890s

  Story of love affair of captain who runs ship in Java Seas and a French saloon singer. From a story "Because of the dollars" by Joseph Conrad.

  Released in 1953 • 90 minutes
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  Fair Wind to Java

  🇮🇩 Indonesia The 1880s

  ADVENTURE...SPECTACLE...SAVAGE LOVE! — The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vessel containing 10,000 precious diamonds. Unfortunately, he's not the only one and then there's also that volcano on the nearby island of Krakatau, waiting to explode in its historical, disastrous eruption...

  Released in 1953 • 92 minutes
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  Outcast of the Islands

  🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇸🇬 Singapore The 19th Century

  Even Her Love Was Primitive! — After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges. He persuades the man who gave him his start in life, the merchant ship captain Lingard, to bring him to a trading post on a remote Indonesian island where he can hide out.

  Released in 1951 • 102 minutes